Another reason why I love genealogy...

**auld argonian** · 14th February 06, 02:24 PM

You think you've got genealogical problems?

I looked at the "genealogical headquarters site" for my family a couple of weeks ago and a recent bit of research has turned up the fact that I'm distantly related to President William Jefferson Clinton. Too good to be true! Yeeeeee-hah!

So...I feel your pain....order that District Tartan kilt.

Best

AA

**Riverkilt** · 14th February 06, 04:51 PM

Ain't no better reason to buy a kilt than to honor an ancestor :-D

The more I find, the more I can buy.

And, it does feel good to connect with those that came before and passed on the genes that make me who I am. Without any of them, I don't exist.

Ron

**chasem** · 14th February 06, 05:58 PM

I know exactly what you mean.

My father's Aunt has been researching our geneology a lot. She has my paternal side back to the late 1700's where a Patrick McKeown came over from Ireland. She had a hard time going back farther than that, and so switched to other parts of our family.

She has traced one line back through European nobility, on down to Lady Godiva and a couple others. I'm actually about to bust out the file and start scouring through it right now (primarily looking for more Scot surnames of course

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**oregonscot** · 15th February 06, 03:51 AM

Hey Chasem,
You gonna wear Lady Godiva's tartan? And what sporran would go with it?

**herminator** · 15th February 06, 04:05 AM

NOOOOOOO!!!!

I just don´t want to see it!!!

**mbhandy** · 15th February 06, 07:22 AM

Would that be a Merkin?

MrBill

**millar** · 15th February 06, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by mbhandy

Would that be a Merkin?

MrBill

Funniest line of the day!!Thanks. :grin:

**michael steinrok** · 15th February 06, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by oregonscot

Hey Chasem,
You gonna wear Lady Godiva's tartan? And what sporran would go with it?

I think that would be one of those merkin thingy sporrans

Sorry couldn't help myself

**Cawdorian** · 17th February 06, 06:32 AM

There is a lot of information on www.rootsweb.com. There is a lot of bogus genealogical information out there on the net, most of it comes from people posting the same incorrect information over and over again. Always look at the cited sources to determine the reliability of the information.

There are also some very good family genealogical information websites out there, you can find them by googleing the family name along with "family tree" or "genealogy". I found a lot of good information, pictures, maps and stories by using this method.

**SoCalKilt** · 17th February 06, 03:01 PM

Yea it's funny. I few years ago I went crazy trying to trace my last name back as far as I could (Heffner) because my dad was pretty proud of his German/Austrian Heritage. I didn't go down any other lines because it was meant as a birthday present for him.

So I decide I'm going to make and wear a kilt to a valentines dinner/dance. Went pretty well and I wore it to church the next day as well. Got a few questions asking if I was Scottish or Irish and I said I didn't really know. I spent the last couple of days going down his mothers side, and my own mothers parents. My paternal grandmothers name was Rice which is prominately Irish. My maternal grandmothers name is Mulkey, Start asking her questions and she says oh yea, we've been traced back to Scottland... Her married name (my mothers maiden) is Fair which has both Scottish and Irish roots...

All in all, I guess I'm "entitled" to wear a kilt after all...

-mike